It sucked. That's it. There's no other way to talk about it. ... I'm probably not going to sleep all too well tonight. ... We have to figure out how to turn this thing around. In all honesty, I don't want to see it if it gets any worse. ... If this is bottom we're good because there's nowhere else to go but up, right?

Valentine tipped his cap to the fans as they booed him when he made a pitching change in the eighth inning:

The fans have been great so far. People I've met out to dinner, on the streets, on the bike ride, before the game, have been great. ... No one has yelled at me when I'm on my bike or tried to run me over or anything like that. That hasn't happened yet.

He makes the lineup out and he makes decisions during the game as to who's coming in. The players will always influence wins and losses more than anybody else. And that's no different here. He's doing the best he can with the roster he has.

The Red Sox acquired outfielder Marlon Byrd, 34, from the Cubs for pitcher Michael Bowden. Byrd is batting only .070 this year (3-for-43).

Yesterday's game was only the second time in the modern era (since 1900) that a major league team trailed by at least nine runs and ended up winning by at least six runs. The other game was on June 12, 1938, when the Tigers trailed the Senators 11-1, but rallied to win 18-12. (Tigers starter? Boots Poffenberger!)

The last time a team scored at least seven runs in consecutive innings in the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry was on June 19, 2000, when the Yankees scored nine runs in the eighth inning and seven runs in the ninth, winning 22-1.

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Holy crap, how could I forget about June 26, 1987? I was there at YS in the mezzanine, same seats as for the Mel Hall game. That was so crazy because we had Clemens who was coming off the Cy/MVP year with a 9-0 lead and quickly it was gone.

So I've now been at TWO Sox-Yanks games where we lost despite having a 9-0 lead!